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“What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, in order to achieve a complete victory. For workers to gain a few cents more a day, a few minutes less a day, and go back to work with the same psychology, the same attitude toward society is to achieve a temporary gain and not a lasting victory.”

“No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.”

Greater Victory Citizens Soldier Permanent Temporary Foe

Book:The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896

Source: The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896

“We fight for lost causes because we know that our defeat and dismay may be the preface to our successors' victory, though that victory itself will be temporary; we fight rather to keep something alive than in the expectation that anything will triumph.”

Knows May Fighting Lost Causes Alive Victory Expectations Defeat Triumph Temporary Successors Dismay Lost Cause

Book:Essays Ancient and Modern

Source: Essays Ancient and Modern

“Every loss is temporary. Every victory is eternal.”

Loss Victory Eternal Temporary

Book:Experience the Impossible: Simple Ways to Unleash Heaven's Power on Earth

Source: Experience the Impossible: Simple Ways to Unleash Heaven's Power on Earth

“Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.”

“In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.”

Environment Victory Defeat Permanent Temporary

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“On the basis of capitalism, victories like raising the minimum wage are only temporary.”

Victory Capitalism Bases Temporary Minimum Minimum Wage

Author:Kshama Sawant

“All success is quite temporary if you don't work hard enough to maintain where you are. Talent can get you somewhere but character keeps you there. You have to build character along the way and know when and know how to take the victories from situations even though they might seem grim.”

Ifs Knows Way Hard Enough Character Seems Might Situation Know How Talent Hard Work Victory Temporary Where You Are Grim

Author:Mehcad Brooks

“In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.”

Seems Fighting Loses Movement Victory Battle Environmental Temporary

Author:David Suzuki

“Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last long as the bad. Not even close.”

“Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.”

Problem Social Violence Victory Creating Solve Permanent Temporary Social Problems

Book:Strength to Love

Source: Strength to Love

“Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still.”

Way Stills Done Moving Winning Loss Victory Losing Competition Moving Forward Temporary Good Way Winning And Losing Moving Ahead Standing Still Sulking Gloating

Author:Chuck Knox

“Given continued high rates of population increase, all environmental victories are temporary.”

Given Environment Victory Increase Environmental Rate Population Temporary

Author:Thomas W. Horton